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Every unicorn needs a nemesis

by Ronny Kerr, December 3, 2015

Investors from Shasta, Javelin, Intel, IVP, and Lowercase discuss unicorns at the Series A

Today, there are 145 private companies valued at $1 billion and above. But they all started somewhere.Identifying a startup that will eventually be a success is hard enough, but an even harder task—identifying the attributes of a baby unicorn—was the topic for a session at this week’s Post Seed (#postseedconf) event in San Francisco. Interviewed by Alex Konrad (Staff Writer, ...

Don't freak out: The venture capital cooldown is OK

by Ronny Kerr, December 2, 2015

Post seed brings together Freestyle.vc, Redpoint, Walden Venture Capital, Bullpen, and Science

In today’s slowing venture market, what does it take for startups to make the cut?That was the overarching question for one session at yesterday’s second annual Post Seed (#postseedconf) event at Ruby Skye in San Francisco. Interviewed by Connie Loizos (Founder, StrictlyVC), five investors—Jenny Lefcourt (Partner, Freestyle.vc), Jamie Davidson (Partner, Redpoint), Larry Marcus (Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital), Eric Wiesen ...

Video: When will Tech look like LA?

by Mitos Suson, November 13, 2015

Diversity Panel - Vator Splash LA 2015

At Vator Splash LA 2015 Sean Arian, Founder & Chief Strategist of Bixel Exchange, moderated the panel "When will Tech look like LA?". He was joined by panelists Oscar Menjivar, Founder & CEO of URBAN TXT; Kimberly Freeman, Assistant Dean, Diversity Initiatives at UCLA; Dolly Singh, Founder & CEO of Thesis Couture; Roxane Lukas, Senior Vice President, People Team of ...

Video: How Soothe and HomeHero got their flywheel going

by Mitos Suson, November 5, 2015

At Vator Splash LA, marketplace founders and CEOs chat it up with Ezra Roizen

At Vator Splash LA 2015, Ezra Roizen, Partner at Ackrell Capital, moderated the panel "Getting the Flywheel going". He was joined by panelists, Kyle Hill, Founder & CEO of HomeHero; Merlin Kauffman, Founder & CEO of Soothe. Thanks to our main sponsors Wilson Sonsini, KPMG, Javelin Venture Partners, Sky Media, Wavemaker, All Good Living Collective, Bread and Butter Wine, and our co-production partner, Bixel Exchange.Editor's Note: Our annual Post Seed conference is around ...

Video: Bubbles, valuations and a guide to fundraising in LA

by Mitos Suson, October 30, 2015

Vator Splash LA 2015 panel

At Vator Splash LA 2015, Rob Kornegay, Partner at Wilson Sonsini, moderated the panel "Bubbles, valuations and a guide to fundraising in LA". He was joined by panelists, Peter Lee, Partner at Baroda Ventures; Erik Rannala, Co-Founder & Partner at MuckerLab; James Conlon, Partner at Bullpen Capital;Tianxiang Zhuo, Managing Partner of Karlin Ventures. Thanks to our main sponsors Wilson Sonsini, KPMG, Javelin Venture Partners, Sky Media, Wavemaker, All Good Living Collective, Bread and Butter Wine, and our co-production partner, Bixel Exchange. Editor's Note: Our ...

Top LA investors talk about investment strategies

by Mitos Suson, June 2, 2015

Bill Woodward, Dana Settle, Erik Rannala, Eric Manlunas and Paige Craig at Splash LA 2014

We were super excited and honored to have Bill Woodward, a leading LA entrepreneur having co-founded Macromedia, which was sold to Adobe Systems in 2005 for $3.4 billion, moderate our panel of early-stage investors. Woodward himself is an investor, having founded Anthem Venture Partners. On the panel at Vator Splash LA 2014 were Erik Rannala, Founder of Mucker Capital; Eric Manlunas, Founding ...

Who's financing the digital health ecosystem?

by Mitos Suson, May 20, 2015

At Vator Splash Health 2015, meet the investors who are putting money to work

At Vator Splash Health 2015, we brought together a panel of active investors shaping the digital health tech scene through the investments they make. Moderating the panel was Christina Farr, reporter at Reuters. On the panel were Rebecca Lynn, General Partner at Canvas Venture Fund; Nina Kjellson, Senior VP for Investments at InterWest Partners; Stephen Kraus, Partner at Bessemer Ventures. Thank you KPMG, Rackspace, Scrubbed, Stratpoint, California Healthcare ...

If Seed is the new A, how helpful are angels?

by Mitos Suson, May 19, 2015

Semil Shah, Jonathon Triest and Renee Diresta chat about angel investing, party rounds, pro rata

Semil Shah, General Partner of Haystack, moderated the "Meet the active angels" panel at Vator Splash Oakland 2015. On the panel were Jonathon Triest, Managing Partner of Ludlow Ventures; and Renee Diresta, Vice President of Business Development at Haven, an active angel and lead investment manager of Gil Penchina's Internet of Things syndicate. Here's some highlights: On whether angels can help startups fundraise the subsequent rounds: ...

What top VCs think about startup Unicorns

by Mitos Suson, May 15, 2015

Tod Francis, Ben Ling, Emily Melton with Alastair Goldfisher on Unicorns and Super-Sized A's

At Vator Splash Oakland 2015, Alastair Goldfisher, Venture Capital Editor of VCJ and peHUB, moderated the panel: "Unicorn and super-sized A rounds. Do you need these to run and build a successful startup?". He was joined by panelists: Benjamin Ling, Investment Partner of Khosla Ventures; Tod Francis, Managing Director of Shasta Ventures, and Emily Melton, Partner of DFJ. It was a fascinating ...

How innovation is changing the new care delivery model

by Mitos Suson, May 7, 2015

At Vator Splash Health 2015, CEOs/founders of HealthTap, Doctor on Demand, HealthPrize get on stage

Startups have emerged to focus on changing the way people are being cared for, as they build out tools, platforms, mobile applications for prevention, monitoring or recovery. Who are these companies and why are they emerging?Moderator: Jason Torres (Partner & COO, Mansa Capital Management); Panelists: Dr. Katrina Firlik (Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, HealthPrize), Ron Gutman (CEO, HealthTap), Adam Jackson ...

Skyrocketing healthcare costs!

by Mitos Suson, May 5, 2015

How is technology saving the day and changing healthcare tomorrow?

At Vator Splash Health 2015, held last February 12, 2015, Casper de Clercq of Norwest Venture Partners moderated the panel discussing the "Skyrocketing healthcare cost - how is technology saving the day and changing healthcare tomorrow?" On the panel were Kevin King, President and CEO of iRhythm Technologies; Dhiren Bhatia, CEO of Viewics; Christopher Parks, Founder of Change Healthcare Corporation. Thank you KPMG, Rackspace, Scrubbed, Stratpoint, California Healthcare Foundation and Bread & Butter for sponsoring!

What does it take to get a true Series A round in 2015?

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 20, 2015

At Bullpen, Vator, Venture51's Post Seed Conference 2014, investors on how to land a 'true' Series A

Are you a Baby A or a Super-Sized A, and What’s Better? What are A Round Investors Looking for, and What are the Metrics? Check out the panel of investors and what they had to say about this topic, moderated by Alastair Goldfisher (Venture Capital Journal). On the panel were Ryan Floyd (Storm Ventures), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Ryan Sarver (Redpoint Ventures), ...

Is Pro Rata A Right or A Privilege?

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 16, 2015

At Bullpen, Vator, Venture51's Post Seed Conference 2014, investors on how not to be diluted

Here's the full video from the Post Seed conference on whether pro rata is a right or privilege. Connie Loizos, founder of StrictlyVC, moderated this panel. Also on the panel were super angel Paige Craig, Andre Gharakhanian (Silicon Legal Strategy), Mike Walsh (Structure VC), Jim Andelman (Rincon Venture Partners). Thanks to Silicon Legal Strategy and Rincon Venture Partners for being ...

How do micro VCs (sub-$50M) differentiate their value?

by Mitos Suson, November 7, 2014

Several hundred have emerged, what do their brands stand for? How do they attract LPs, startups?

Alastair Goldfisher of Thomson Reuters joined us as moderator of the panel: "The Explosion of Micro VCs (sub-$50M)". How do they differentiate? They come in all shapes and sizes and while they sometimes co-invest with one another, many have different strategies. Meet some of the micro-VCs and learn about which strategies are working best. On the panel at Vator Splash Oakland were ...

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